Miller Myron, Rosenthal Ronnie A
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Oct;65(10):e142-e145. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14966. Epub 2017 May 17.
The imperative created by increasing numbers of aging Americans coupled with increasing longevity has generated recognition and acceptance within american medicine that education, from medical school through postgraduate training through continuing medical education, must include appropriate knowledge and skills in aging and geriatrics to provide for effective care of older adults. Such education and training is necessary not only for traditional primary care providers, but also for specialty physicians, including those in most surgical specialties and in related fields such as anesthesiology, emergency medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation. To fill this demand, the American Geriatrics Society Geriatrics for Specialist Initiative established the Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents Program (GSR). This article reviews the process by which the GSR created a dynamic cohort of geriatric surgical educators and researchers who in turn created a vibrant body of educational tools and scientific works that continue to advance the cause of improving medical care of older adults.
美国老龄人口数量的增加以及寿命的延长所带来的迫切需求，已在美国医学界得到认可和接受，即从医学院教育到研究生培训再到继续医学教育，都必须涵盖有关衰老和老年医学的适当知识和技能，以便为老年人提供有效的护理。这种教育和培训不仅对传统的初级保健提供者是必要的，对专科医生也是如此，包括大多数外科专科以及麻醉学、急诊医学和物理医学与康复等相关领域的专科医生。为满足这一需求，美国老年医学会的专科医生老年医学倡议设立了专科住院医师老年医学教育项目（GSR）。本文回顾了GSR项目培养出一批充满活力的老年外科教育工作者和研究人员的过程，这些人反过来又创造出了一系列丰富的教育工具和科学著作，不断推动改善老年人医疗护理事业的发展。
